Vachik Mangassarian Dies: Longtime Character Actor In ‘Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’, ‘Stoning Of Soraya M.’ & More Was 78

Sarah Palin completed her testimony in her libel case against The New York Times, as she told a New York federal court that the publication’s editorial linking her political action committee to a 2011 mass shooting “was mortifying.”

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a hot one that’ll spice up the virtual EFM this week. Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios is launching sales on Chris Pine’s directorial debut Poolman, which the Star Trek actor will star in alongside Oscar nominees Annette Being and Danny DeVito.

EXCLUSIVE: Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories and Liza Chasin’s 3dot Productions have optioned the rights to Sarah Vaughan’s upcoming novel Reputation to develop as a television series. This marks Vaughan’s second collaboration with Papandrea and Chasin following the high-profile limited series adaptation of Vaughan’s Anatomy of a Scandal for Netflix.

Manchester City have made another big investment in their future by securing new deals for promising academy starlets Oscar Bobb and Josh Wilson-Esbrand.

The leader of the so-called Islamic State group has been killed during a US special forces raid in north-western Syria, President of the United States Joe Biden has announced.

Broadcast and cable networks are expected to carry President Joe Biden’s remarks on Thursday announcing that U.S. forces in Syria conducted a raid that let to the death of the leader of ISIS, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi.

Big Sean at an NFL game over the weekend.The Buffy star took to social media to post about being mislabelled as the rapper at the Los Angeles Rams game on Sunday (January 30) as they played the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship, winning 20-17.Gellar and Big Sean attended alongside R&B singer Jhené Aiko, with the SoFi Stadium’s Jumbotron confusing the different stars. Big Sean was labelled as Gellar while Aiko was named as Gellar’s husband Freddie Prinze Jr, despite him not being in attendance.“@bigsean do you get mistaken for me as often as I get mistaken for you?” Gellar captioned in a post she shared on Instagram, while Big Sean posted a photo of himself looking confused on his own story.A post shared by Sarah Michelle (@sarahmgellar)Meanwhile, Sarah Michelle Gellar last year said she “doesn’t want to be associated” with Buffy creator Joss Whedon in light of several allegations of abuse levelled against him.“While I am proud to have my name associated with Buffy Summers, I don’t want to be forever associated with the name Joss Whedon,” she wrote on social media at the time.“I am more focused on raising my family and surviving a pandemic currently, so I will not be making any further comments at this time.

Moses J. Moseley, who played one of Michonne’s pet walkers in the early days of AMC’s blockbuster series The Walking Dead, was found dead last week in Stockbridge, GA. He was 31.

During the NFL Championship Game over the weekend between the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers, there was a bit of a mix-up involving Big Sean and Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Blame it on the excitement of the moment. As Los Angeles Rams pulled off the comeback victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday (Jan. 30), securing both the NFC Championship and a spot in Super Bowl LVI, the camera panned to the crowd to see which celebs were on hand to witness this win. The jumbotron displayed Sarah Michelle Gellar and her husband, Freddie Prinze Jr. …except it wasn’t Sarah, 44, and Freddie, 45. It was actually Big Sean and his date for the evening, Jhene Aiko. Sarah quickly pounced on the chance to poke fun at the blunder. “@BigSean, do you get mistaken for me as often as I get mistaken for you?” she wrote on Instagram.

Big Sean and Jhené Aiko had a case of stolen identity over the weekend when they attended the NFC Championship game between the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers. The couple appeared on the Jumbotron at the game, but were accidentally labeled as another celebrity couple — Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. Gellar did attend the game, though she wasn't with her husband, but rather her pal Elsa Collins. The alum found the mix-up to be comical, posting pics of the mislabeled Jumbotron along with a selfie of her and Prinze Jr. "@bigsean do you get mistaken for me as often as I get mistaken for you? (Swipe right to see my actual date at the #ramshouse)," she captioned the post. A post shared by Sarah Michelle (@sarahmgellar)So far, Big Sean hasn't commented on the name swap, but he did post several photos from the game. In one selfie with Aiko, he joked about an older man in the background of his pic seemingly sleeping, writing, «The guy in the back is how I felt on the inside.» And while he didn't specifically call out the Jumbotron mishap, he did share a funny shot of himself and Aiko looking puzzled while staring at the Jumbotron without the swapped names. As for the big game, the Rams beat the 49ers 20 to 17, and will now advance to the Super Bowl.

J. Kim Murphy Howard Hesseman, a prolific character actor who became a beloved TV mainstay through his roles on sitcoms “WKRP in Cincinnati” and “Head of the Class,” died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles of complications from colon surgery he had undergone last summer.

The deals keep coming at the 2022 Virtual Sundance Film Festival. MUBI closed the docu Free Chol Soo Lee, including North America, and Warner Bros is negotiating a near $7 million WW rights deal for the Tig Notaro/Stephanie Allynne film Am I Ok? to place the film on HBO Max. The Lauren Pomerantz-scripted film stars Dakota Johnson, Sonoya Mizuno, Jermaine Fowler, Molly Gordon, June Diane Raphael, and Sean Hayes.

Sarah Palin, 57, and retired NHL player Ron Duguay, 64, have been making waves this week after they were spotted having dinner together at a Manhattan, NY restaurant. After the former governor of Alaska made headlines for visiting the dining establishment despite testing positive for COVID-19, insiders pointed out that the legendary Canadian athlete was one of the people with her. The two have been dating since late last year, according to Page Six, but haven’t publicly talked about it.

Vachik Mangassarian, a character actor with dozens of credits including Marvel’s "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and feature "The Stoning of Soraya M.," has died. He was 78. His reps at McCaffrey Talent Management told Deadline that he died Saturday of COVID complications.

NBC’s Celebrating Betty White: America’s Golden Girl will honor the life of the legendary actress with the help of President Joe Biden and other celebrity guests including Drew Barrymore, Cher, Anthony Mackie, and Tracy Morgan, among others. The special will air on Jan. 31 at 10 p.m.

Peter Robbins, who voiced Charlie Brown in the classic 1960s Peanuts cartoons, has died. The former actor committed suicide last week, his family told San Diego’s Fox 5. He was 65.